Xiaomi Mi A3 has updated to Android 10, which adds the system-wide dark theme, gesture navigation, privacy control, and many other changes to the device. The update has also carried some bugs that affect the normal functioning of the phone. Now, to unlock the phone in standby mode with your finger, you need to either double tap on the lock screen or press the power button. Android 10 update adds Always-On Display on Mi A3 (may be a bug?...

The new update (14.2610.1711.35) is still based on Android Nougat and the Android Oreo update for ZenFone 4 Pro is expected to release later this month. Besides performance and stability improvements, the update also enables VoLTE and VoWiFi for the CHT (Taiwan) and VoLTE for Softbank networks. The new update also includes general bug fixes, improves compatibility of Bluetooth and supports Google Assistant in sleep mode. If you have not received the OTA notification for the update, check it from Settings > About > System Update > and check for update manually....

However, now Microsoft has changed this by allowing users to browse the official Windows Store from any web browser and from any computer (Windows 7, Windows XP, etc.), which means you can browse and discover thousands of apps and games without the need of Windows 8 or 8.1. There are few third party alternatives are available for searching Windows Store from a browser, but they have some limitations. This official browser version of store app lets you search any app in Windows Store from any computer....

Sony Xperia Z has a built-in option for taking screenshot. To bring the option, just press the Power button. It’ll open the power options. You’ll see ‘Take Screenshot’ menu (the last option) in the power options. Just tap on it. Your screenshot will be saved in the Screenshot folder inside the Gallery. In addition, you can also capture screenshot on Sony Xperia Z/Xperia ZL using Android’s native screen capturing ability....

With ChromeVis, you can change both the text color and the lens background color with keyboard shortcut (or customize it as per your needs from extension’s option page). Further, you can decrease or increase the text size for easy reading. Here is how ChromeVis works: Just select text on a webpage with your mouse or keyboard and then activate the lens with the keyboard or by clicking the ChromeVis icon....

This Galaxy S5 user manual explains everything you would like to know about Galaxy S5 through 243 pages, which includes many of its important features such as the S Health app, Download Booster, Ultra Power Saving Mode, the use of Finger Scanner and more. You can now download the manual (in PDF) from Samsung’s website for free. Currently, the manual is available in English, Dutch and French languages. You can download it from here (source)

For your information, every Android device has a recovery mode called stock recovery and can be accessed via hardware key combinations. Users can also install custom recovery such as CWM and TWRP, which is suitable for development tasks (install custom ROMS, backup and restore entire system, flash new kernel, flash system app). How to enter into Recovery Mode on the Moto X, G and E Power off your Moto X, G or E....

Though Android 7.0 Nougat’s ‘Doze on the Go’ can extend the battery power, it seems that there is a bug with the new firmware that prevents the device to go into doze mode, thus causes battery drain on Nexus devices. Actually, the bug was there with the release of third DP of Android N, but it seems that the issue has not fixed yet. However, Google has already acknowledged the issue (read here/here) and may release a patch soon....

Developed by Adrian Campos, Fingerprint Swipes is a free app, which lets you add various actions to fingerprint scanner. This app uses accessibility services on your device and requires Android 8.0 Oreo and above to work. And of course, the device must have a fingerprint sensor. As the name suggests, the app allows you to assign new swipe actions to your fingerprint sensor of your smartphone. Each action can be performed via each swipe gesture (up-down-right-left)....

Whenever you feel sluggish on your Android phone, try below five simple tips. With these simple tricks, you will have no trouble making your device run that little bit quicker. Refresh your phone by restarting. Restarting will refresh your Android and kill any resource-draining apps. By blocking apps from accessing the internet, you can speed things up. Read my previous tutorial on how to block background running app’s data usage....

You can convert YouTube, Metacafe, DVDs, Vob or any videos into H.264 / MPEG4 format and can play them on your Android phone. Videora Android Converter is great for converting all types of video files – avi, divx, xvid, flv, x264, vob, mpeg, DVD’s, flv, etc. into the proper video formats that play on the Android, even though the converting speed is little slow. It is available free for Windows and Mac....

AcDisplay is a minimalist app. It is light on resources and friendly to battery, so you can use it on any device running Android 4.4. What make this app interesting is that you can immediately decide if an incoming notification is something important for you without unlocking the device. The application is free and can be installed by going to this Play Store link. Once installed the enable show notification and switch on the app using the on/off slider....

Extra Dim is an accessibility feature in Android 12. Samsung Galaxy phones running on Android 12 (One UI 4.0) has also the Extra Dim function. But for some reason, it is missing in Galaxy phones. Fortunately, there is a simple trick to enable it in One UI 4.0. ALSO READ: Get Pro Camera mode on all cameras on Galaxy S21 Ultra (Samsung Expert RAW) In Samsung Galaxy phone running One UI 4....

Holo Locker is a lock screen replacement, based on stock Jelly Bean lock screen. It is really simple and pretty fast. No or little configuration is required. Also, this app doesn’t requires root permissions and works on any Android phone running Android 2.3 or up. [Download it here] Holo Launcher is a launcher replacement for Android phone from the same developer of Holo Locker. Previously, it was on ICS style and now it is updated to Jelly Bean styling....

“Contextual suggestions are made even if the misspelled word is in the dictionary. If you write “Let’s meat tomorrow morning for coffee” you’ll see a suggestion to change “meat” to “meet.” “Suggestions are constantly evolving. As Google crawls the web, we see new words, and if those new words become popular enough, they’ll automatically be included in our spell checker—even pop culture terms, like Skrillex”. This new spell checker is available for English documents only, however Google will bring it to more languages soon....

You can use the Rules introduced on Google Pixel phones with Android 10, for example, to silence the phone at specific locations. Here is how to automatically silence your Pixel Phone at specific places using the Rules. Rules in Pixel phone help users automate changes that users make in Settings. For example, you can create a rule to switch your Pixel phone to silent mode whenever you get to work....

The real-time, automatic captioning will transcribe the audio and video, and the text will display on the screen. Microsoft Edge live caption will work with video sites, many web-based videos or audio message services, podcasts, embedded video players, and more. But currently, it supports the English (US) language only. ALSO READ: Enable and test Microsoft Edge Performance Detector How to Enable Live Caption on Microsoft Edge for Desktop? Open the Edge browser and click on the three horizontal dots at the top right....

Here’s how to enable Assistant Ambient mode on your Android phone. It is now available on Google Pixel and non-Pixel devices alike. Many Nokia and Xiaomi phones with the latest version of the Google app have this feature. First, update Google Apps to the latest version, and follow the steps below to enable Assistant Ambient mode and Google Photos slideshow on your Android phone. Steps to Enable Google Assistant Ambient Mode The Photo Frame on Ambient Display option will display a slideshow of your Google photos on your phone when charging....

For your information, Lollipop is thought to be the biggest update to Android to date. New Material Design, enhanced security, better battery life, new runtime for faster application performance, support for 64-bit, better hardware accessory support, improved accessibility features, Android TV support, improved multimedia, support for new languages, new apps, etc. makes Android 5.0 Lollipop a most important update ever. If your smartphone and tablet is showing lag after updating to Android 5....

Here we use Google Chrome/Microsoft Edge’s feature, Parallel Downloading, to increase the download speed. This technology split your download into several smaller parts and downloads these parts simultaneously to maximize the available internet bandwidth. Currently, Parallel Downloading is an experimental feature and disabled by default. Parallel Downloading will help to download files fastly, especially on a slower internet connection. If you download several big files, then Parallel Downloading will also helpful to download files more quickly on a faster connection....